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- 2. Objectives: • Define themeaning of vulnerability • Determine the types of vulnerability and the conditions or factors that make them prone to hazard.
- 3. Risk = Hazardx Exposure x Vulnerability
- 4. Vulnerability • State ofbeing at risk. • RA 10121 also known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 define the vulnerability as the characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or resource that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard. • Also a situation specific • A hazard specific.
- 5. Vulnerability • “Factors ofthe community that allow a hazard to cause a disaster.” - Department of Education (DepEd) Philippines The vulnerability of an area increases the chances of not being able to handle or survive an emergency or disaster.
- 6. Vulnerability Some of thequestions that are usually asked to people in order to know their vulnerability are: –To what threat or hazard are they vulnerable? –What makes them vulnerable to that threat?
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- 8. Types of Vulnerability •These types help determine the level of preparedness in coping with hazards. 1. Physical Vulnerability 2. Social Vulnerability 3. Economic Vulnerability 4. Environmental Vulnerability
- 9. Physical Vulnerability –Characterized bythe conditions which are prone to hazards, physically affecting humans and/or infrastructures. –Poor design and construction of buildings, unregulated land use planning, etc. Types of Vulnerability: Physical
- 10. Examples: Types of Vulnerability:Physical Poor design and construction of buildings will lead to collapse especially when an earthquake occur. Wooden houses are prone to fires. Houses near mountains can be destroyed by a landslide. Houses near the sea can be wrecked by a tsunami.
- 11. Social Vulnerability –Refers tothe conditions which are prone to hazards, affecting the welfare of humans, communities, and society. –Poverty and inequality, social exclusion and discrimination by gender, social status disability and age. Types of Vulnerability: Social
- 12. Examples: Types of Vulnerability:Social Poverty makes people vulnerable to different hazards in the society. It makes people unprepared due to lacking of resources. The elderly, children and physically disabled people are most vulnerable to hazards because of their inability to protect themselves alone from hazards. Gender biased between men and women. Women are more prone to rape, abuse, and human trafficking compared to men.
- 13. Economic Vulnerability –Refers tothe conditions that are prone to hazards, affecting the level of economic status of humans, communities, and society. –The uninsured informal sector, vulnerable rural livelihoods, dependence on single industries. Types of Vulnerability: Economic
- 14. Examples: Types of Vulnerability:Economic People living in squatter area are more vulnerable to flood, fires and quarrels. Poor sanitation may lead to sickness and contamination especially to food and water. Low budget for building sturdy infrastructures is prone to destruction due to the earthquake.
- 15. Environmental Vulnerability –Refers tothe factors which are prone to hazards that are affecting the quantity of the natural resources. –Poor environmental management, overconsumption of natural resources, climate change. Types of Vulnerability: Environmental
- 16. Examples: Types of Vulnerability: Environmental Cleanwater is prone to pollutants that came from wastes carried off to the bodies of water. This is due to poor waste management. Forest trees are more vulnerable to depletion because of human activities like illegal logging and deforestation. Minerals are prone to extinction because of the mining activities done on Earth. Mining also threatens the air to become polluted.
- 17. Vulnerability is notsimply about poverty but extensive research reveals that it is generally the poor who tend to suffer worst from disasters. preventionweb.net
- 18. Identify the vulnerabilityfactor/type. 1. Bridges with cracks 2. Covid vaccine restriction among senior citizens. 3. Denudation of forest. 4. Destruction of mangroves. 5. Excessive construction near Boracay. 6. Hearing impaired cannot hear the earthquake drill alarm. 7. Houses built near the fault lines. 8. OFWs cannot speak the native language. 9. Retrenchment of ABS – CBN employees. 10. Street vendors are prohibited to trade because of Covid. Checking for Understanding
- 19. Guess who’s thevulnerable sector? Identify the vulnerable population by unlocking the 3 given clue words.
- 20. Starts with letter… P Word clue#1 Word clue #2 Word clue #3 NINE BUMP BLESSING Guess who’s the vulnerable sector? PREGNAN T
- 21. Starts with letter… S Word clue#1 Word clue #2 Word clue #3 SOLO FLIGHT ONE STRUGGLE IS REAL Guess who’s the vulnerable sector? SOLO PARENT
- 22. Starts with letter… P Word clue#1 Word clue #2 Word clue #3 PARALYMPICS INSPIRATIONAL ABLE Guess who’s the vulnerable sector? PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
- 23. Starts with letter… M Word clue#1 Word clue #2 Word clue #3 GREENER PASTURE HOMESICK LONG DISTANCE Guess who’s the vulnerable sector? MIGRANT WORKERS
- 24. Starts with letter… W Word clue#1 Word clue #2 Word clue #3 MARCH 8 EQUALITY I CAN! Guess who’s the vulnerable sector? WOMEN
- 25. Starts with letter… I Word clue#1 Word clue #2 Word clue #3 NO TAX UNDERGROUND SELF Guess who’s the vulnerable sector? INFORMAL SECTOR
- 26. Starts with letter… D Word clue#1 Word clue #2 Word clue #3 N.P.A LOCATION NOMAD Guess who’s the vulnerable sector? DISPLACED
- 27. Starts with letter… C Word clue#1 Word clue #2 Word clue #3 FUTURE HOPE YOUNG Guess who’s the vulnerable sector? CHILDREN
- 28. Analyze the givensituation then identify the following: a. Hazard b. Factor driving vulnerability c. How to reduce vulnerability. Situational Analysis
- 29. Your father requestedthat you download the Hazard Hunter app because your father is nervous, especially since your house is old. You always have a reason for your father every time he asks you to download the said app. Then a magnitude 6 earthquake occurred. earthquake Physical: Old House Environmental: Fault Line Consult the how safe is your house? Checklist Secure a hazard map. Hazard Vulnerability How to reduce?
- 30. Your city isa flood – prone area. The highest water level is up to the knee of an adult person. A super typhoon suddenly came; and the flood reached up to the roof of most houses. Typhoon – induced flood Physical: Poor urban planning Environmental: Geographical location • Evacuate • Stay updated • insurance • Organize a community DRRR planning Hazard Vulnerability How to reduce?
- 31. A social workeris assigned on an evacuation center. The number of evacuees have reached its maximum limit. During a typhoon, the social worker witnessed how a PWD was forced to sleep in his wheelchair. The PWD’s thigh almost got a rash because of the flood. Typhoon Social: PWD Special attention for PWDs Collect community PWD data Hazard Vulnerability How to reduce?
- 32. Your father makesand sells ice cream for a living. But because of the enhanced community quarantine in your area, selling on the street was prohibited. Pandemic Economic: loss of livelihood Subsidy Have an Emergency Fund Hazard Vulnerability How to reduce?
- 33. Assignment: EMERGENCY PLAN! Draw thefloor plan of your house and make an emergency escape plan. How will you plan for the escape of all your family members with limited exit points? Make sure that your escape plan is feasible and will prevent stampede.
- 34. Summary Vulnerability refers tothe “factors of the community that allow a hazard to cause a disaster.” Vulnerability is categorized into: • Physical Vulnerability (Physical aspect) • Social Vulnerability (welfare) • Economic Vulnerability (level of economic status) • Environmental Vulnerability (quantity of natural resources)